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Pinn’s illustration of the week: One-click delivery

Saudis alleged to have hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: Leap of faith

Boris Johnson dives into the transition period




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: State of the nation

The US Republican party rallies behind Donald Trump




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: Donkey Derby

Democratic presidential contenders cling on over early hurdles




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: Supply and demand

Tech companies caught in coronavirus disruption




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: Brothers in arms

Donald Trump visits India as sectarian violence erupts




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Ingram Pinn’s illustration of the week: Your move

Refugee crisis looms as ‘gates open’ on the Turkish border




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: Balancing the Budget

UK government spending faces increasing pressures




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Pinn’s Illustration of the week: Lockdown

Turning the key on the coronavirus crisis




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: ‘A beautiful timeline’

Donald Trump plans to reopen US for business despite coronavirus




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: Testing times

Governments scramble for coronavirus tests




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: Hitting the peak?

Countries look for evidence that Covid-19 infections have passed their pinnacle




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: America First

Donald Trump pulls support from the World Health Organization




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: Going digital

Earth day struggles for global attention




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Pinn’s illustration of the week: GDP

Coronavirus lockdown hits US economy




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Bosch warns of ‘significantly’ steep recession for auto industry

Volkswagen and Daimler report billions of dollars in lost profits due to impact of coronavirus




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Knowde could make billions building the digital marketplace for the $5 trillion chemicals industry

Ali Amin-Javaheri grew up in the chemicals business. His father had worked for Iran’s state-owned chemical company and when the family fled the country in the nineteen eighties during the Iran-Iraq war, they first settled in Houston where employers welcomed the senior Amin-Jahaveri’s experience. Houston in the 80s was dominated by the petrochemicals industry and […]




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Can Apple keep the AR industry alive?

Augmented reality still has Apple’s enthusiasm behind it, but can that keep the whole industry afloat? On Wednesday, Apple debuted a new iPad Pro, the hallmark feature of which was a lidar time-of-flight sensor baked into the camera, which is designed to make augmented reality experiences more realistic and immersive. For most potential users, the […]




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H1 Insights is giving the healthcare industry the ultimate professional database

“I want to build a business which profiles every single researcher and healthcare professional in the world and I want to sell it to industry,” says Ariel Katz, the co-founder and chief executive of H1 Insights.  With the healthcare industry on a mission to digitize and analyze every conceivable data point it can to wring […]




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Knowde could make billions building the digital marketplace for the $5 trillion chemicals industry

Ali Amin-Javaheri grew up in the chemicals business. His father had worked for Iran’s state-owned chemical company and when the family fled the country in the nineteen eighties during the Iran-Iraq war, they first settled in Houston where employers welcomed the senior Amin-Jahaveri’s experience. Houston in the 80s was dominated by the petrochemicals industry and […]




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iPhone sales are down, ahead of uncertain times for the industry

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Apple device sales have taken a hit, but the company’s services are doing swell. The iPhone, the longtime cornerstone of the company’s hardware portfolio, hit $28.96 billion in revenue for Q2, down from $31.1 billion from this time last year. The iPad and Mac lines saw drops […]




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Bangladesh starts to reopen clothing industry after lockdown

Pillar of country’s economy resumes operations despite concerns over workers’ health




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Asian film industry: parasites and viruses

Keeping cinemas open will not stop operators from falling into a sea of red ink




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Australian companies head to stock market in biggest rush since ’09

Companies lean heavily on equity in effort to dent blow from coronavirus




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Business feels the fear in Australia-China trade dispute

Canberra’s call for an inquiry into the origins of coronavirus has provoked threats from Beijing




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Emirates-owned Dnata threatens to pull out of Australia

Catering and ground-handling company excluded from Canberra’s coronavirus support scheme




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EU industrial supply lines need strengthening, commissioner warns

Thierry Breton says coronavirus crisis shows vital supplies are vulnerable to disruption




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Defence industry in retreat as coronavirus attacks

The era of extravagant military purchases is surely over after the threat posed by the pandemic




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European car plants close as industry crisis deepens

PSA and Fiat Chrysler to shut factories as demand tumbles and supply chains disrupted




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Weakest link in supply chain threatens car industry revival

Big carmakers say small companies must be protected from collapse or factories may remain shut




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YC graduate Genecis Bioindustries turns food waste into compostable plastics

Unfortunately, the world doesn’t have a constant quantity of problems, and while governments and most private businesses are focused on tackling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, companies like Genecis Bioindustries are working on technologies to solve another major problem: climate change. For over a decade, sustainability advocates and entrepreneurs have been searching for a way to […]




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nextmv picks up $2.7M to optimize and test decision models for the logistics industry

Optimization. Efficiency. Data-driven decisions. If I had a nickel for every time I hear these words from founders I’d be long retired. And yet, the process involved in achieving resource optimization, efficiency and making truly data-driven decisions is laborious to say the least, and usually involves an immense amount of talent and resources. And then […]




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Industry Economist (Direct Hire) - GS 11-13

Announcement Number: TN-20-EI-00899-DH
Closing Date: 09 April 2021




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Australian CEOs getting on with business, despite threats to growth - 20 Jan

CEOs are more optimistic about growth than international counterparts, despite concerns about over-regulation and the Government's response to Australia's fiscal deficit, according to a PwC report launched today.




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Australian privatisations to headline global power deals in 2015 - 30 Jan

The sale of New South Wales' and Queensland's utility assets will be among the most eagerly anticipated power deals globally in 2015, according to a PwC report released today.




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Australia Must Get to Grips with Asian Century - 12 Feb

If we continue to ignore the rising economic success of our Asian neighbours we will lose our place as a G20 economy by 2030.




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Australian National Committee for UN Women welcomes partnership with PwC Australia - 17 Feb

PwC Australia is delighted to announce a partnership with The Australian National Committee for UN Women in a joint effort to promote gender equality.




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Widening Gender Pay Gap sees Australia fall Furthest in Global Rankings: PwC Women in Work Index - 3 Mar

Australia dropped six places to 15th position - the largest drop out of the 27 OECD countries measured.




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Navigating the energy 'trilemma' crucial for Australian power and utilities sector - 20 May

The pace and scale of disruption in the power and utilities sector is happening faster than expected.




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PwC mentors young leaders from China and Australia on Infrastructure - 28 May

Young leaders from Australia and China are working together to provide creative solutions to issues facing both countries as part of the China Australia Millennial Project (CAMP).




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Australian entertainment and media industry must 'have a go' to grow - 15 Jun

Australian entertainment and media market is forecast to grow to $43.4 billion by 2019, a compound annual growth rate of 4.2 percent.




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Australia Improving but far Behind NZ in Leveraging Mature Age Workers - 29 Jun

Australia jumped five places to 15th in OECD rankings for employment of mature age workers.




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PwC backs Australia’s best young STEM innovators with $20,000 seed funding - 1 Jul

Two young Australian innovators are ready to take their ventures to the next level after sharing in $20,000 in seed funding from PwC during a live pitching event held by the Foundation for Young Australians.




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PwC Australia announces FY15 full year results - 28 Jul

PwC Australia today announced its full year results to 30 June 2015 with revenue growth of 10.1% to $1.73b, supported by another year of strong profit growth.




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Cyber threats keeping Australian insurers up at night - 31 Aug

Cyber risk, political interference, and macro-economic volatility rank among the top sources of anxiety for Australian insurers, according to a joint PwC and Centre for Financial Innovation (CSFI) report released today.




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Plan to save the sight of 32,000 Indigenous Australians will generate millions - 1 Sep

The eyesight of more than 32,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people would be saved if the Government invested just $227 million over 10 years, a new report has found.




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Australian corporates keen on JVs in China, but barriers remain - 21 Sep

A new PwC survey has found that 70 per cent of major Australian companies are planning to enter new joint ventures or strategic alliances to drive growth from the Chinese market.




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Regulatory headaches continue for Australian pharma industry - 23 Sep

Regulation, compliance, and price pressure are slowing access to potentially life-saving new medicines, and undermining industry confidence in the current listing process.




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Australia making progress on carbon, but more work to do - 12 Oct

Australia will need to nearly double its historic rate of decarbonisation, if it is to meet its goal of a 26 percent decrease in carbon emissions.




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Obesity to affect one-third of Australians and cost $88b by 2025 - 14 Oct

The economic impact of obesity will reach $87.7 billion and affect one-third of Australians by 2025 based on current trends and without further intervention.